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Brush Blown Away by Platte Valley Broncos

by KATIE COLLINS, Brush News-Tribune

Posted:
09/21/2012 09:44:38 PM MDT

Updated:
09/21/2012 10:29:39 PM MDT

It's not pretty, Beetdigger fans, but it is what it is: a blowout. Definition: A sudden rupture or malfunction of a part or apparatus due to pressure. That's precisely what was dished up to the 'Diggers on Friday night after enduring an emphatic 63-7 loss to 2A foes the Platte Valley Broncos in Kersey, taking Brush for a second league loss on the season.

After bursting into the game with a no huddle offense, the Broncos junior quarterback Logan Sitzman ignited the scoreboard on a 46-yard keeper up the sideline but an unsportsmanlike call against Platte Valley took the PAT back. The setback didn't phase star kicker Bailey Collins-Landwehr who managed a 35-yard kick for the extra point taking the Broncos to an early 7-0 lead.

The points kept coming in for Platte Valley who managed to push in two more TDs on a pass and second Sitzman keeper, scoring three times on their first three possessions before the first quarter of play even finished to down the 'Diggers 21-0.

Brush would managed just one first down and three possessions heading into the second before a Mitch Tormohlen fumble put the ball in Broncos hands and capitalize they did, on a speed pitch-pass and subsequent fourth of nine successful PATs from a Platte Valley kicker that even sports radio personality John Beltran mentioned as having talent enough to move on to the next level. The fourth Bronco TD and PAT took the lead to a crushing 28-0. Make that 35-0 after a swift Caleb Creech run for paydirt took Platte Valley even farther ahead just seconds later.

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Downed by five touchdowns before the half isn't usually an optimal situation, but the Brush displayed a lot of backbone by munching their way back after a stunning 66-yard kickoff return from Randy Baker. A subsequent Tormohlen to Kyle Rosenbrock screen pass caught in the end zone put Brush on the board with 7 after a successful Jesus Cardenas kick, but the Broncos proved relentless and even a bit lucky after not one but two fortunate bounces fell Platte Valley's way. The first proved points for Platte Valley after a high snap over the head of Sitzman was caught by the quarterback on the deflection in the end zone. That sixth TD took the Broncos up 42-7 and they soon made it 49-7 after scoring on a blocked Rosenbrock punt that was recovered in the end zone.

And then came the half, and the running clock. With a 40-point deficit in front of them, Brush came back to one of the fastest second halves of play ever seen just to endure more heartbreak as the Broncos managed one last third quarter TD on a Sitzman quarterback keeper to take the score to 56-7 and scored a ninth TD in the fourth frame to take the final to 63-7.

Platte Valley put up 388 total yard of offense to Brush's 145, making the 'Diggers outscored a whopping 76-7 since the final seconds of the Eaton game last week, causing many to wonder if the squad had really ever recovered from the Reds scoring run.

Brush now sits on an even 2-2 overall and 0-2 in league record as they ready to take on a likewise 2-2 and 0-2 University Bulldogs team in Greeley who suffered their own Friday night loss to Eaton 51-18. That game will take place on Saturday, September 29.